Mrs. Emma Debnam, the beloved wife of Pastor J. R. Debnam, was born at Steeple, in Essex, of God-fearing parents. From her youth she felt convictions of sin, and was often led to cry, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” At last the Lord was pleased to set her soul at liberty by the application of John 17:24, “Thou has loved them from the foundation of the world.”